Wadledo's Weirdly Warbling Watercress Watching Washing Machine Only Random Banter #96

[FoE]

One of the more frightening spirits I've ever heard of is the Wendigo, which was well-known to the Indian tribes here in Canada. The Wendigo is a spirit that supposedly appears as a fifteen-foot tall decaying corpse whose flesh is stretched tight over its bones. Its countenance is not what is frightening, however; the wendigo can possess people and fill them with an undeniable hunger for human flesh. The wendigo most often surfaced in times of hardship when food is scarce, and humans who have previously resorted to cannibalism are the most susceptible to it. Suicide was a preferable option to being possessed by a wendigo, and many of those who were killed themselves.

There's at least one famous case of a wendigo possession that I know of. About an hour's drive from where I live an Indian trapper named Swift Runner was hanged after supposedly being possessed by a wendigo when he ran out of food. Despite being only 25 miles away from a nearby fort where he could gain access to emergency supplies, Swift Runner was compelled not only to butcher his wife, but all of his five young children, and eat them...

[CurlyKitGirl]

One of the more frightening spirits I've ever heard of is the Wendigo, which was well-known to the Indian tribes here in Canada. The Wendigo is a spirit that supposedly appears as a fifteen-foot tall decaying corpse whose flesh is stretched tight over its bones. Its countenance is not what is frightening, however; the wendigo can possess people and fill them with an undeniable hunger for human flesh. The wendigo most often surfaced in times of hardship when food is scarce, and humans who have previously resorted to cannibalism are the most susceptible to it. Suicide was a preferable option to being possessed by a wendigo, and many of those who were killed themselves.

There's at least one famous case of a wendigo possession that I know of. About an hour's drive from where I live an Indian trapper named Swift Runner was hanged after supposedly being possessed by a wendigo when he ran out of food. Despite being only 25 miles away from a nearby fort where he could gain access to emergency supplies, Swift Runner was compelled not only to butcher his wife, but all of his five young children, and eat them...

Nice, but not really scary. And I've heard too many variations on the wendigo story.
I may hold a competition where people try to scare me by telling ghost stories.
But I wish I could remember the story about the Scandinavian baies exposed to die or the one where that Swedish (?) woman goes to attend Christmas Mass but finds out that the Mass was attended by those who had died.
Or the one about what happens to children who are unbaptised and die.

[Rockphed]

Where did the ghost stories and Ghostly avatars come from? Is there some big event I missed?

[YPU]

you know these days it seems like there is always some theme or event or something going down. not that's a bad thing.

[CurlyKitGirl]

No event.
Just a discussion. And as for events . . . *glances at sig*
That's all.

[Pwenet]

*Pwenet officially enters Geekgasm mode*

My "A Song of Ice and Fire" prints arrived today.

[zeratul]

Hey Curly, would you be interested in starting a scary story thread at some point, like the mythical beast one we made a few months back? Would be pretty cool.

And yeah, wendigos are really creepy. Great episode of supernatural involving one.

(by the way any of you into things like buffy, or in to supernatural stuff should check out the show "supernatural")

[Haruki-kun]

I learned a valuable lesson today: Never buy a mouse from the people who made your refrigerator.

I got a new computer mouse about a month ago, and it worked perfectly well until now. What happened? Well, all of a sudden, it starts failing! It sounds like it's being disconnected and reconnected all the time, and all of a sudden, Windows says it can't recognize it anymore because it's Malfunctioning. I'm not sure if I can blame it on the computer, which is filled with virus, but I think it's mostly the fact that it's a mouse from General Electric, the people who made the fridge again.

Anyone have any ideas on how to make it work? Or should I just throw it out and start getting a new one? (If so, what's a good brand?)

[CurlyKitGirl]

*Pwenet officially enters Geekgasm mode*

My "A Song of Ice and Fire" prints arrived today.

CURLY used ENVY attack.
CURLY has attacked PWENET
CRITICAL HIT!
PWENET fainted.
Super-effective!

That is all you need to know.
I hope you're happy being severely injured now.

[Pwenet]

CURLY used ENVY attack.
CURLY has attacked PWENET
CRITICAL HIT!
PWENET fainted.
Super-effective!

That is all you need to know.
I hope you're happy being severely injured now.

PWENET auto-casts 'REVIVE'
PWENET gains +5 HEALTH!
PWENET AWAKENS!
PWENET casts "Medic Call."

"MEDIC!" -10 Health -100 Mana

PWENET faints.

Anyone have any ideas on how to make it work? Or should I just throw it out and start getting a new one? (If so, what's a good brand?)

*BEEP!*

This is Pwenet Computer Geek Personality. Due to a sudden attack on my host I am limited to privative answering machine responses.

In regards to your questions this unit suggests unplugging/replugging it back into the PC. If you wish a new one Logitech makes excellent mice that this unit would recommend.

*BEEP!*

[Cobra_Ikari]

*takes PWENET to the Pokecenter*

Doo Doo doo doo Doo!

[CurlyKitGirl]

PWENET auto-casts 'REVIVE'
PWENET gains +5 HEALTH!
PWENET AWAKENS!
PWENET casts "Medic Call."

"MEDIC!" -10 Health -100 Mana

PWENET faints.

CURLY gained 50 000XP!
CURLY gained two ASoIaF prints!


@Cobra: thanks to my sister, whenever I see your name I think of some dog from some anime called Hikari.
Which is bad. My sisters' anime is corrupting me.
*takes an anti[insert name of wierd anime] pill and forgets all about it*

[Pwenet]

CURLY gained 50 000XP!
CURLY gained two ASoIaF prints!


@Cobra: thanks to my sister, whenever I see your name I think of some dog from some anime called Hikari.
Which is bad. My sisters' anime is corrupting me.
*takes an anti[insert name of wierd anime] pill and forgets all about it*

PWENET lost 50 000XP!
PWENET lost two ASoIaF prints!

PWENET casts "Crying"

For Curly

Spoiler

Show

If the company was not so horrible I would never ever order something from them again, I would order you a set of prints.

Cross my heart, hope to die, etc etc I am being dead serious.

[Raiser Blade]

Today I watched Silence of the Lambs and Hannibal.


Good movies but seriously I think i'm scarred for life after that one brain scene.

[Skippy]

CURLY gained 50 000XP!
CURLY gained two ASoIaF prints!


@Cobra: thanks to my sister, whenever I see your name I think of some dog from some anime called Hikari.
Which is bad. My sisters' anime is corrupting me.
*takes an anti[insert name of wierd anime] pill and forgets all about it*

I think of Evangelion. I'm curious about that bad anime though. It must be something scary if you want to forget about it...

Congratulations on the Womb Liberation of your... uhm... *Curses lack of knowledge of the language* cousin's daughter!!!

[Sensate]

Today I watched Silence of the Lambs and Hannibal.


Good movies but seriously I think i'm scarred for life after that one brain scene.

Maybe I should watch those too. It's surprising how the older horror movies are often a lot more scarier than those of today, with all the latest special effects they have.

[Zakama]

I had an awesome dream a few nights ago. Some of you may know about the guy in Honduras who starved a dog for "Modern Art", there was a thread on it here. Pretty sick, but it spawned this dream...

At the zoo near my house, they had taken a bunch of kittens and were starving them. Fortunately, I knew a way to sneak into their cage so I could feed them. I snuck in, but the only thing I had to feed them was gummi worms. Most of them ate the worms, but one couldn't because he was diabetic. Later he decided he needed the food enough to warrant eating it. (Whaaa? Diabetic cats? My brain is broken) After I left, I saw a few of them had followed me home, then I woke up.

All in all one of my better dreams.

[Sensate]

Kittens in a cage? Heh, it's a bit cruel to put those poor creatures in a zoo when there are plenty of them around, don't you think?

Still, it's good that you can remember your dreams; mine are always pretty wild but I can't remember a thing when I wake up. I should try that writing-down or trying-to-remember-immediately-upon-waking-up trick.

[Pwenet]

SNOW!

Bloody snow after a week where coats were thrown aside and T-shirts were the clothing item of choice!

I wake up to a bloody winter wonderland!

At least the plows are working on keeping the roads drivable and nothing closed.

[Agamid]

I just found out the other day that the 4th of April is act like a T-rex day.
Just knowing this makes me so happy, it's the best day since talk like a pirate day.

[Cobra_Ikari]

I just found out the other day that the 4th of April is act like a T-rex day.
Just knowing this makes me so happy, it's the best day since talk like a pirate day.

Really?

*walks around rawring at things*

^_^

[Archonic Energy]

*walks around rawring at things*

how is that different from every other day?



as for rodents... i recomend the MS intellimouse,
yeah i know "Microsoft suxx" but their mice are more than adequte for the job & they work for... well years

i haven't had one die on me yet... which is more than i can say about the PCs they are connected to!

[Atreyu the Masked LLama]

Hmmm....what is the proper length for male armpit hair??

Am I supposed to trim it or just let it grow out all scraggly?

I know I'm not supposed to put it in a ponytail, but do I have to let it keep getting longer?? This seems odd and kinda icky to me.

[I'm da Rogue!]

Today I watched Silence of the Lambs and Hannibal.


Good movies but seriously I think i'm scarred for life after that one brain scene.

The brain scene was funny.

[Trog]

*comes in a flops down on the floor*

So...



Very...



Tired.

Edit: @ Llama: Trim it to 1/2 inch or so.

[Archonic Energy]

Edit: @ Llama: Trim it to 1/2 inch or so.

girls...

i'm trying to do a comb-over with mine!

[CurlyKitGirl]

So . . . scary . . .

Another scary dream: for the third time in less than a year I've dreamt about a place called Bloddenbury or Bredonbury*; most likely a small church, but maybe a vicarige or small manor as well.
It's so darn realisitic I could even describe the place, and now I'm afraid to google it to see if it's real.

*or variations of. I never saw the name.

[banjo1985]

^ Good news for you, not a single result on google

Ah, but there is an English town called Bredenbury the church there isn't called that at all though, so it should be alright.

[CurlyKitGirl]

Ah, but there is an English town called Bredenbury

. . .
Oh, bugger.
That's the damn place. It'll have a church with one of those vicariges attached. It's also probably Victorian.
I can't believe it's a real place.
And I don't think I've ever heard of it before now.
I don't want the dream to be real. It was scary. Also surreal in one sense.

[banjo1985]

The actual church there is called St Andrews, so it could just be a coincidence. I don't know much about it, but it's in Herefordshire. I guess it's probably a coincidence, I don't want to worry you unduely!